"A thousand shall fall at thy side, and
ten thousand at thy right hand, but it
shall not come nigh thee" [the body of
Christ.] "He shall give his angels
[messengersservants of the church]
charge over THEE [or truths to sustain
and strengthen thee] and they shall
bear thee up in their hands [sustain
and help thee], lest thou dash
thy foot against a stone."
[Lest the
feet or last members of the Gospel
church should stumble over the Rock of
offence over which the nominal mass of
both the Jewish and Gospel churches
are to stumble.] Psa. 91:7,11,12; Isa. 8:14; 1 Cor. 1:18.

When the falling is ended, and those
who stand are exalted, doubtless it will
be true, that some fell whom we had expected
would "stand," and that some
will be found standing "complete in
him," whom we had not expected to
come off "victors."